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Influence on soil properties of prescribed burning under mature red pine.

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Year Published

1977

Publication

Research Paper NC-139. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Abstract

Prescribed fires in mature red pine stands reduced shrub competition and the organic layer thickness. The fires reduced nutrient in the forest floor, increased them in the mineral soil, but had no effect on overstory growth.

Keywords

Corylus cornuta; red pine; forest floor; soil nutrients; understory; N; P; K; Ca; Mg.

Citation

Alban, David H. 1977. Influence on soil properties of prescribed burning under mature red pine. Research Paper NC-139. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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